I was creating an interface in using the Ribbon Control where I faced this problem. The screenshots below explain it.
The XAML Markup is as such.
<ribbon:RibbonGroup x:Name="PSO2" Header="Data Entry Section">
<ribbon:RibbonTextBox Label="x1_min" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50"/>
<ribbon:RibbonTextBox Label="x1_max" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50"/>
<ribbon:RibbonTextBox Label="x2_min" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50"/>
<ribbon:RibbonTextBox Label="x2_max" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50"/>
<ribbon:RibbonTextBox Label="Iterations" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50"/>
I wanted the TextBoxes to be exactly aligned however no matter whatever I did the didn't align. Setting or un-seeting the TextBoxWidth property didn't help either. Any solutions? Sorry I have <10 reputations so couldn't post an image directly.
Thanks for any help.
It is a little hacky, but the solution I found is to forget about trying to align the elements using the Ribbon element alignment controls directly and align the elements using a grid within the RibbonGroup
The first challenge is the grid itself doesn't align properly within the ribbon group, but I solved that by binding the width of the grid to the width of the ribbon group, so it will be resized as the ribbon group gets resized.
The 2nd is aligning the labels since the label is part of the RibbonTextBox control. The solution there is to use another control to provide the text label (Label or TextBlock) and just leave RibbonTextBox.Label blank.
<RibbonGroup x:Name="PSO2" Header="Data Entry Section" Width="270">
<Grid Width="{Binding ElementName=PSO2, Path=ActualWidth}" >
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="x1_min" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" />
<RibbonTextBox Label="" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0"/>
<TextBlock Text="x1_max" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" />
<RibbonTextBox Label="" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"/>
<TextBlock Text="x2_min" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2" />
<RibbonTextBox Label="" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2"/>
<TextBlock Text="x2_max" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="0" />
<RibbonTextBox Label="" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50" Grid.Column="3" Grid.Row="0"/>
<TextBlock Text="Iterations" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="1" />
<RibbonTextBox Label="" SmallImageSource="Images/Document.png" TextBoxWidth="50" Grid.Column="3" Grid.Row="1"/>
</Grid>
</RibbonGroup>
And using this, you end up with a RibbonGroup that looks like
The biggest limitation is the RibbonTextBox's image going to be misplaced between the label and the text box. To overcome this, you would have to add an extra column set and put the icon in there instead of using RibbonTextBox.SmallImageSource
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I'm trying to get a responsive layout to the window layout, essentially I've three columns and three rows, this is the organization:
1rst column
there are all the information of team A, that's the shield and the latest matches under "Performance"
2rst column
there are all the latest matches disputed between team A and B
3rst column
the same of 1rst column but about on team B
Now for make this predisposition I wrote this code:
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!-- Scudetto shield home -->
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">
<Image />
</Grid>
<!-- Performance -->
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">
<Viewbox Stretch="Uniform" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
<TextBlock Text="Performance" />
</Viewbox>
<!--<Label HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">Performance</Label>-->
</Grid>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.RowSpan="3">
<Label HorizontalAlignment="Center">Latest matches</Label>
<TextBox />
<TextBox Margin="0,5,0,0" />
<TextBox Margin="0,5,0,0" />
<TextBox Margin="0,5,0,0" />
<TextBox Margin="0,5,0,0" />
</StackPanel>
<!--shield away -->
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2">
<Image />
</Grid>
<!-- Performance -->
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2">
<Label HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">Performance</Label>
</Grid>
</Grid>
the problems are these:
I want to enlarge the font of performance label when the user resize the window, actually I've inserted two situation, one that working bad with viewbox (if you try I've the text too large when the window is to minimum res), and the second situation with a simple label for team B that essentially not working
The latest matches of the second column it's not responsive, I need to fit the textbox to height and width, actually working only the width. For the height I mean the space between each textbox that for now is setted as margin.
The third column is the same as the first
What I can do for fix this?
Here is the code for Textbox available in my window(form1.xaml),My requirement is when i am resizing my window i want to resize the textbox width also, How can i able to achieve this....
<TextBox Width="500" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="5,0,0,5" TextWrapping="Wrap" AcceptsReturn="True" Text="{Binding Result,UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged,ValidatesOnDataErrors=True}" IsEnabled="{Binding OpenMode,Converter={StaticResource EnableModeConverter}}" Height="70" />
In WPF you typically place TextBox control within layout Grid control and set the ColumnDefinition Width property of that Grid cell to some relative value "*", so it will resize with the Window. Do NOT use a fixed Width="500" as per your sample: also, remove that "HorizontalAlignment="Left" (the default value is HorizontalAlignment="Stretch", so you can just omit it to simplify your XAML). See the following sample code snippet:
<Grid Name="Grid1">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="2*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="4*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBox Name="TextBox1" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Height="70" Margin="5,0,0,5" TextWrapping="Wrap" AcceptsReturn="True" (...Rest of Your code) />
</Grid>
Note: The same technique could be applied to a vertical "Height" property in case you need to make it also resizable.
Hope this will help. Best regards,
Set HorizontalAlignment to Stretch, and don't set the Width
<Grid>
<TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="5,0,0,5"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
AcceptsReturn="True"
Height="70" />
</Grid>
Layout in WPF is heavily depend on the parent container. For example, create a form with labels and input fields, consider using a Grid panel. Controls in WPF by default resize according to the layout behavior of their parent. Here is an example of a window with two labeled text boxes and two buttons that resize along with the window.
<Window>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Label Content="Contact Name" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" />
<Label Content="Contact Location" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" />
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1">
<Button Content="OK" Width="75" Height="24" Margin="3" />
<Button Content="Cancel" Width="75" Height="24" Margin="3" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Window>
I'm trying to add a border to some controls in XAML - the problem is, whenever I apply wrapping a certain element it wraps the whole window, probably on the first grid element?
This also happens when I try to use it around the WebBrowser. Any suggestions?
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="RAT-t00l" Height="850" Width="700">
<Grid x:Name="BigGrid" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="682">
<TextBox Name="txt_Log" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="657" Margin="4,10,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="417" IsReadOnly="True"/>
<Button Name="btn" Click="btn_Connect_Click" Background="LightGreen" Content="Connect" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="266,680,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75"/>
<Button Name="btn_disc" Click="btn_Disconnect_Click" Background="Pink" Content="Disconnect" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="346,680,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75"/>
<Button Name="btn_fetch" Click="btn_Fetch_Click" Content="Fetch data" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="266,707,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="155" Height="24"/>
<Button Name="btn_eraseLog" Click="btn_EraseLog_Click" Content="Erase log from target" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="266,736,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="155" Height="25"/>
<WebBrowser
Name="map"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="347"
Margin="426,10,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="246"
LoadCompleted="wb_LoadCompleted"
/>
Here's the border. Meaning to wrap only the grid inside.
<Border Name="mask" CornerRadius="20" Height="auto" Width="auto" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black">
<Grid x:Name ="GeneralGrid" Margin="426,362,10,291" ShowGridLines="True" Background="LightGray">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="61*" ></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="185*"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Name="IP">IP</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Name="ISP" Grid.Row="1">ISP</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Name="Location" Grid.Row="2">Location</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Name="Longitude" Grid.Row="3">Longitude</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Name="Latitude" Grid.Row="4">Latitude</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Grid>
</Window>
I would recommend that you do NOT continue to use the Visual Studio Designer as you have been. It does a very poor job of creating the XAML that we actually want. For example, your UI elements have all got an exact Margin set on them (thanks to the VS Designer I imagine) and this can make things awkward for you later on.
WPF was really designed to enable developer to use resizable controls so that the UI can resize itself when the user resizes the application. Different Panels provide different sizing abilities to their child controls and you can find out more about that from the Panels Overview page on MSDN. However, back to your question regarding the Grid class.
Because you have used the Visual Studio Designer, your controls have not ended up in the Grid cells that you wanted, instead just being placed 'on top of', or 'in front of' them. In order to place a control into a particular Grid cell, you need to set the Grid.Row and/or Grid.Column Attached Properties. See this example taken from the last linked page from MSDN:
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" ShowGridLines="True" Width="250" Height="100">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock FontSize="20" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.Row="0">2005 Products Shipped</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">Quarter 1</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">Quarter 2</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2">Quarter 3</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0">50000</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1">100000</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="2">150000</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontSize="16" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.Row="3">Total Units: 300000</TextBlock>
</Grid>
You appear to have placed all your BigGrid elements into a single cell of that layout grid, and the only thing stopping them from appearing on top of each other is the fact you've defined margins. You have not defined a margin for your border, but then defined margins for its children, which means they'll be offset.
Really, for best layout, you want to avoid margins as much as possible and divide your BigGrid into rows and columns. Then place your UI into those cells. If your border is within its own cell you will not have it appear to wrap everything.
I have the next layout
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="60" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="2" Grid.Column="0" Width="60" Height="60" />
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="Title should be long" HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
<Ellipse Fill="White" Stroke="White" Width="7" Height="7" />
</StackPanel>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Text="Message" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2" Text="Info" />
</Grid>
I have an issue in the StackPanel which hosts a Title and Ellipse, the goal is the Online marker by the ellipse whitch should be placed at the end off the title. But it shouldn't out of a view part.
I have tried to put TextBox and Ellipse into cells of the Grid unfortunatly it doesn't help.
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
<Grid.ColumnsDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnsDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="Title should be long" HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
<Ellipse Grid.Column="1" Fill="White" Stroke="White" Width="7" Height="7" />
</Grid>
In my mind it should render correct, but the ellipse is out of view port again.
This is a Expression Blend layout scrinshots, the same layout is rendering in runtime.
The Grid bounds:
The TextBox bounds:
The Ellipse bounds:
So the TextBox and Ellipse is out of the grid :(
Update: I need the next behaviour of layout
1) Short title, the ellipse attached to the title end
2) Long title, the ellipse attached to the right side of container
I tried your code and it renders fine (in other terms it renders in the viewport. See red arrow). Please find attached a screenshot of the results. (I added the showgridlines just to illustrates the rows and cols)
//--- Changed testing and fixed code for intended effect ---//
Code changes in XAML: Swapped the width values for the columndefinitions. Added Textwrapping to textblock in order to see entire text. (You could opt for texttrimming instead depending on your aesthetics.)
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="Title should be really really really really really long" HorizontalAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
<Ellipse Grid.Column="1" Fill="White" Stroke="White" Width="7" Height="7"/>
</Grid>
Outcome:
I have an ItemsControl:
<Border Grid.Row="1" Margin="20" BorderBrush="AliceBlue" BorderThickness="1" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<ItemsControl Margin="10" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" ItemsSource="{Binding SelectedEventHistoryEntryCollection}" ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource computerEventHistoryDataTemplateSelector}"/>
</Border>
With some datatemplates. I'm testing the first template:
<DataTemplate x:Key="DetailsDataTemplate">
<Grid>
<Label Width="150" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Content="{x:Static resx:Resources.Label_ServiceDept}"/>
<TextBox Margin="110,0,0,0" Width="200" IsReadOnly="True" Text="{Binding ServiceDepartment}" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
<Label Width="150" Margin="0,40,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Content="{x:Static resx:Resources.Label_SLA}"/>
<TextBox Margin="110,40,0,0" Width="200" IsReadOnly="True" Text="{Binding SLA}" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
<Label Width="150" Margin="0,80,0,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Content="{x:Static resx:Resources.Label_Details}"/>
<TextBox Margin="110,80,10,10" IsReadOnly="True" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Details}"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
I would like the last Textbox in the datatemplate to use up the remaining space, but nothing I tried works. How can I get this uncooperateive TextBox to stretch?
Edit: Removed the Height Property on the Textbox.
Change the grid to a DockPanel with LastChildFill="true".
You can then get rid of all of the Margins and let WPF do the layout automatically.
Use a <DockPanel> instead of a <Grid>.
The last item in the DockPanel uses remaining space.
Generally, I use <Grid.RowDefinitions> and <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> in conjunction with star sizing * instead of margins for this type of layout.
UPDATE 1: (Removed for clarity)
UPDATE 2: When I wind up in situations like this where I can’t figure out where to apply a binding or a template I try to back up and look at the problem differently. I almost always take it back to the MVVM pattern. In this case, your Model is your EventHistory object. Your ViewModel has an ObservableCollection<EventHistory>. And your View is simply binding to that collection. So, to get something like this:
You would use something like this for your View:
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="1*" />
<RowDefinition Height="8" />
<RowDefinition Height="1.5*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<DataGrid Grid.Row="0" AutoGenerateColumns="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding}" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
HorizontalGridLinesBrush="DarkGray" VerticalGridLinesBrush="DarkGray" />
<GridSplitter Grid.Row="1"
Background="Transparent"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />
<Border Grid.Row="2" BorderBrush="DarkGray" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="3" Padding="8">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Content="Status" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Margin="0,0,0,8" Text="{Binding Path=Status}" />
<Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Content="Detailed Description" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Path=Description}" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</Grid>
And that is just fine -- because that is what you are trying to achieve. The bindings on the 2 labels and textboxes at the bottom of the screen don’t have to be part of any data template. They are part of the view (everything inside the red border in the screenshot). All of the resizing works and everything is good. If you really want to move things into a DataTemplate, it is probably possible, but this seemed more natural at this point.
NOTE: After creating the View (area inside the red border) I hosted it in the main window leaving an area to the right as per your screenshot. I also took a few liberties with a grid splitter, star resizing and margins so things would take up all of the available space while maintaining the pictured proportions.
Hopefully that helps!
I was a little slow on the uptake with my first answer. After realizing what you were after I don't think that approach was correct. Also, I don't think you can easily achieve what you're after using DataTemplates. However, I do think you have a few options:
Check into Prism since is is good at doing things like building composite applications. However, it seems like WAY overkill for this problem. So, a more direct approach may be...
Build out custom controls for each separate detail view you have and then write some custom logic to load each view as needed. You would set it up like this...
You main grid and your details view host (i.e. the ContentControl) would be set up something like this:
<Grid Background="Transparent">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="1*" />
<RowDefinition Height="8" />
<RowDefinition Height="1.5*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<DataGrid Grid.Row="0" />
<GridSplitter Grid.Row="1" Background="Transparent"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />
<Border Grid.Row="2" BorderBrush="DarkGray" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="3" Padding="8">
<ContentControl Grid.Row="2" x:Name="myContent" />
</Border>
</Grid>
And each of your custom controls for your individual detail views would be set up something like this:
<UserControl x:Class="WpfApplication1.CustomUserControl"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Content="Status" />
<Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Content="Description" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Status}" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Description}" />
</Grid>
</UserControl>
At run time a row is selected in your DataGrid, you would have to load the correct user control with some code like this:
myContent.Content = new CustomUserControl();
Each of your custom controls would have to use star sizing, etc. to get the layouts to look right - which is what you were after with your question. Obviously there is still a lot of wireup that would need to be done.
That should give you what you are after. Sorry for the run-around on the first answer!